host: philip wallach is our guest, author of the book "why congress?" if you would like to join our conversation. start calling you now. democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, (202) 748-8002 and independents (202) 748-8002. where does that theory leave congress? guest: the executive branch is one thing and congress is another thing. congress is the article one branch of government. it does not get its power from the president, it gets its power from the people. congress is meant to be the preeminent branch of our government that makes the big decisions. they are the ones who make the law and the president is supposed to be executing the law. that ought to give congress pride of place. it is clear congress in recent years has marginalized itself. members of congress, you will see them begging the president to do things. you could just make a law but instead you're going around the lawmaking process and sing the president is the one who is supposed to make all the policies and all of the decisions. as a member of congress the most effective

tuesday morning, we talk with philip wallach, senior fellow at the american enterprise institute about trump's joint address to congress and the current balance of power between the executive and legislative branches. then former irs commissioner discuss his concerns about how layoffs at the internal revenue service could affect tax election -- collection. join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span, c-span now, or c-span.org. >> here is a look at what is coming up tuesday on t c-span networks. on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the u.s. house will be back in session. lawmakers will work to repeal seral measures relatedo environmental rules. on c-span 2 senators will work to repeal biden erpolicies related to the financial sector. on c-span 3, matthew whitaker, nominee to serve as ambassador to nato, testifies at hi confirmation hearing. on tuesday evening, watch live coverage of trump'to congress, the first drs of his second term in less than twmohs since taking office. our coverage begs at:0p.m. eastern with a preview of the evening from capitol hill, llowed by

host: philip wallach is our guest, author of the book "why congress?"you would like to join our conversation. start calling you now. democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, (202) 748-8002 and independents (202) 748-8002. where does that theory leave congress? guest: the executive branch is one thing and congress is another thing. congress is the article one branch of government. it does not get its power from the president, it gets its power from the people. congress is meant to be the preeminent branch of our government that makes the big decisions. they are the ones who make the law and the president is supposed to be executing the law. that ought to give congress pride of place. it is clear congress in recent years has marginalized itself. members of congress, you will see them begging the president to do things. you could just make a law but instead you're going around the lawmaking process and sing the president is the one who is supposed to make all the policies and all of the decisions. as a member of congress the most effective thi